I am my whanau's whakapapa person - but the real expert is my mother (who remembers cousin relationships when nobody else can even remember the cousins...)

Some years ago, as part of my duties as trustee/sole executrix, I was given a wonderfully fragrant(as in lavender) bundle of letters. The date stramps were from the early 20th century. They were the love letters between my Nana and Grand-dad, Mary Matches and Tame Rakakino Mira.

My mother, who again lives in the house she was born in, to that couple (and which her great-grandmother had built) refuses to read them...

Does the Chief’s loss of Mana, and them letting it slide, affect the Mana of tribe?

Basically - it depends.*Why* did chief lose mana?*What seniority did chief have? (There were rankings among ariki & rakatira, as there were female & male 'chiefs'-)*A strong tribe would fight back one way or the other-